Carl Hancock Rux

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Language English Period 1990–present Literary movement Afrofuturism		Ethnicity African American Name Carl Rux Movies Bratz: The Movie

Occupation Poet, Playwright, Novelist, Essayist, Recording Artist, Actor, Director Notable works Asphalt, Rux Revue, Talk, Pagan Operetta Notable awards Alpert Award in the Arts, NYFA Prize, Village Voice Literary prize, Obie Award, Bessie Award, (BAX) Arts & Artists in Progress Award Role Playwright · carlhancockrux.com Albums Apothecary Rx, Rux Revue, Homeostasis, Good Bread Alley, The Blue Series Sampler Education Columbia University, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School Similar People William Parker, DJ Spooky, Matthew Shipp, Craig Taborn, Beans

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Carl Hancock Rux (born March 24, in Harlem, New York City) is an award winning playwright, poet, novelist, essayist, performer, theater director and recording artist. He is the author of several publications including "Pagan Operetta" (poetry), Asphalt (novel) and the OBIE award winning play Talk; as well as director of the Bessie Schonberg (New York Dance and Performance Awards, informally known as the Bessie Awards) award winning music theater work "Stained" by Lisa Jones and Alva Rogers. His archives are housed at the Billy Rose Theater Division of the New York Public Library, the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution as well as the Film and Video/Theater and Dance Library of the California Institute of the Arts. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Doris Duke Awards for New Works, the Doris Duke Charitable Fund, the New York Foundation for the Arts Prize and the Alpert Award in the Arts

Gerald clayton and carl hancock rux in the greene space

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